Teaching Assistant
Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
11 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
27 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary: Scale TA1b – Scale Range 3-4 FTE salary: £22,737 - £23,114 (52 weeks) Working hours: 08:50 - 14:50 (with an unpaid mid-morning and lunch break) Depending upon the department, there is also some requirement to attend paid professional days and/or a paid fortnightly training meeting Actual starting salary: £14,957.99 pa (based on 25.5 hours worked, 38 weeks per year and includes holiday pay)
Teaching Assistant job summary
Fixed term – 1 year (with the potential to become permanent)
To start September 2024
Term time only
Salary: Scale TA1b – Scale Range 3-4
FTE salary: £22,737 - £23,114 (52 weeks
Working hours: 08:50 - 14:50 (with an unpaid mid-morning and lunch break)
Depending upon the department, there is also some requirement to attend paid professional days and/or a paid fortnightly training meeting
Actual starting salary: £14,957.99 pa (based on 25.5 hours worked, 38 weeks per year and includes holiday pay)
We are seeking skilled and enthusiastic individuals to join our hard-working team of professionals who dedicate themselves to enabling our students to cope in a mainstream setting and feel safe to prosper academically and socially both now and in the future.
The successful candidate will:
- Have an approachable and patient nature;
- be positive, proactive and professional;
- have excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence;
- be able to liaise confidently with staff and students;
- have a minimum of 5 GCSE grade 4/C including English and Maths;
- be energetic and have an interest in working with SEN children / young pupils; and
- for sixth form roles must have at least A levels or an equivalent level qualification.
The position could provide valuable experience for those wishing to enter the teaching profession. It would also be ideal for a school leaver before University or for a parent who is wishing to return to work.
The Cam Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, prohibition from teaching check, section 128 check (as required) and a medical questionnaire.
We recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation is as important as safeguarding against any other vulnerability. As such, all staff are expected to uphold and promote the fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect whatever their race, gender, sexuality, religious belief, special need, or disability. As part of our commitment to safeguarding and child protection we fully support the Government's Prevent Strategy.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About Comberton Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1935 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Comberton Village College website (opens in new tab)
Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.
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